Cole Newton

12 Cole Newton
Cole Newton
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    185
  • Hometown:
    Fergus, Ont.
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Year:
    3
  • High School:
    Southwest Academy
  • Major:
    Health Science
  • Team:
    Men's Basketball
  • gp
    11
  • pts/g
    3.3
  • fg %
    21.5
  • 3pt %
    18.2
  • ft %
    33.3
  • reb/g
    2.6
  • a/g
    1.2
Bio

CAREER HONOURS

  • 4x U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
  • BioSteel uOttawa Athlete of the Week, November 7 2022
  • OUA East All-Rookie Team (2021-22)

THIRD YEAR (2023-24):

Started in four of 11 games played during the regular season, appeared in all four post-season matchups for the Gee-Gees… Averaged 3.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game during regular season play… Logged 8 points in the U SPORTS bronze medal match (vs Dalhousie, March 10, 2024) to help the Gee-Gees secure their second consecutive national bronze medal.

SECOND YEAR (2022-23):

Started in 20 of 22 regular season appearances, started in two of three OUA playoff games and all three national championship games… Recorded 12.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game in the regular season… Set new career-high scoring 25 points against McMaster (Nov. 4)… Scored team-high 22 points in OUA Quarterfinal win over Toronto Metropolitan University (Feb. 25)… Scored in double digits twice during the U SPORTS national championship tournament, contributing 15 points against Winnipeg (Mar. 10) and 13 points against Carleton (Mar. 11)… Signed with the Ottawa BlackJacks in the CEBL in the summer, earning first professional experience.

FIRST YEAR (2021-22):

Appeared in all 23 preseason, regular season, and playoff games in his redshirt freshman season with Ottawa, earning three starts… Averaged 8.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists to earn OUA East All-Rookie Team honours… Scored first career regular season points in a win over York (Nov. 6)… Set a career-high in scoring 16 points in a win over Ontario Tech (Nov. 12)… Scored in double-figures on seven occasions throughout the season, including a pair of 15 point performances against Toronto Metropolitan (Feb. 25) and Carleton (Mar. 2).

REDSHIRT YEAR (2019-20):

Played in three preseason games… Did not appear in any regular season games, did not impact eligibility.

BEFORE THE GEE-GEES:

Played for the OSBA’s Southwest Academy in London, Ont. for final year of high school. Starred for Centre Wellington D.H.S. in Fergus, Ont., winning back-to-back District 10 championships, earning MVP honours on both occasions. Younger brother, Brock transferred to Ottawa in 2022 after playing a season of basketball at Bucknell (NCAA D-I), Father, Jim, played basketball at Laurier in the 1990s.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 11 11
Games started 4 4
Minutes 249 249
Minutes per game 22.6 22.6
FG 14-65 14-65
FG Pct 21.5 21.5
3PT 6-33 6-33
3PT Pct 18.2 18.2
FT 2-6 2-6
FT Pct 33.3 33.3
Off rebounds 4 4
Def rebounds 25 25
Total rebounds 29 29
Rebounds per game 2.6 2.6
Personal fouls 23 23
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 13 13
Turnovers 11 11
Assist to turnover ratio 1.2 1.2
Steals 9 9
Blocks 3 3
Points 36 36
Points per game 3.3 3.3
Points per 40.0 min 5.8 5.8
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Jan 27 Laurier W, 75-67
Feb 2 vs. Carleton W, 71-61
Feb 9 Toronto Metropolitan W, 69-52
Feb 10 Toronto L, 76-70
Feb 16 at Queen's L, 89-88
Feb 17 at Ontario Tech W, 69-66
Game Log - Shooting
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Aug 22 Harvard W, 65-52 1 29 5-11 45.5 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 14
Oct 12 at UBC Okanagan W, 99-76 1 26 6-10 60.0 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 13
Oct 13 Trinity Western W, 74-48 1 25 4-10 40.0 0-3 0.0 1-2 50.0 9
Oct 14 at StFX W, 90-66 1 18 3-6 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-2 0.0 8
Oct 20 Concordia W, 81-56 1 21 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 3 at Guelph W, 86-66 1 32 2-8 25.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 10 at Windsor W, 81-68 1 18 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 11 at Western W, 84-77 1 29 2-7 28.6 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 17 Lakehead W, 97-81 1 24 1-4 25.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 18 Brock W, 73-63 - 27 3-10 30.0 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 8
Nov 24 at Nipissing W, 97-69 - 2 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Nov 25 at Laurentian W, 84-59 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 at York W, 86-75 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 at McMaster W, 72-59 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 6 Carleton W, 79-78 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 28 Winnipeg W, 78-67 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 vs. StFX L, 104-81 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 at Laval W, 90-60 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 5 Queen's L, 96-95 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 Ontario Tech W, 75-65 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Laurentian W, 69-56 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 13 Nipissing W, 79-56 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 19 at Algoma W, 87-50 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 26 Waterloo W, 63-46 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 Laurier W, 75-67 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 2 vs. Carleton W, 71-61 - 30 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Feb 9 Toronto Metropolitan W, 69-52 - 22 0-4 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 10 Toronto L, 76-70 - 22 0-5 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0
Feb 16 at Queen's L, 89-88 - 29 2-9 22.2 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 6
Feb 17 at Ontario Tech W, 69-66 - 14 0-7 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Game Log - Ball control
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Aug 22 Harvard W, 65-52 1 29 1 4 5 2 3 2 0
Oct 12 at UBC Okanagan W, 99-76 1 26 1 1 2 1 2 1 0
Oct 13 Trinity Western W, 74-48 1 25 1 2 3 5 2 2 0
Oct 14 at StFX W, 90-66 1 18 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Oct 20 Concordia W, 81-56 1 21 0 1 1 3 1 0 0
Nov 3 at Guelph W, 86-66 1 32 0 5 5 2 5 4 0
Nov 10 at Windsor W, 81-68 1 18 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Nov 11 at Western W, 84-77 1 29 1 2 3 2 0 1 0
Nov 17 Lakehead W, 97-81 1 24 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Nov 18 Brock W, 73-63 - 27 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
Nov 24 at Nipissing W, 97-69 - 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Nov 25 at Laurentian W, 84-59 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 at York W, 86-75 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 at McMaster W, 72-59 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 6 Carleton W, 79-78 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 28 Winnipeg W, 78-67 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 vs. StFX L, 104-81 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 at Laval W, 90-60 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 5 Queen's L, 96-95 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 Ontario Tech W, 75-65 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Laurentian W, 69-56 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 13 Nipissing W, 79-56 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 19 at Algoma W, 87-50 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 26 Waterloo W, 63-46 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 Laurier W, 75-67 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 2 vs. Carleton W, 71-61 - 30 1 2 3 0 1 1 0
Feb 9 Toronto Metropolitan W, 69-52 - 22 0 2 2 2 2 0 0
Feb 10 Toronto L, 76-70 - 22 0 3 3 2 0 0 1
Feb 16 at Queen's L, 89-88 - 29 1 5 6 2 2 1 0
Feb 17 at Ontario Tech W, 69-66 - 14 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Aug 22 Harvard W, 65-52 1 4 - 0.7
Oct 12 at UBC Okanagan W, 99-76 1 2 0 0.5
Oct 13 Trinity Western W, 74-48 1 1 0 2.5
Oct 14 at StFX W, 90-66 1 3 0 1.0
Oct 20 Concordia W, 81-56 1 5 1 3.0
Nov 3 at Guelph W, 86-66 1 1 - 0.4
Nov 10 at Windsor W, 81-68 1 5 1 -
Nov 11 at Western W, 84-77 1 2 - -
Nov 17 Lakehead W, 97-81 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 18 Brock W, 73-63 - 2 - -
Nov 24 at Nipissing W, 97-69 - 0 - -
Nov 25 at Laurentian W, 84-59 - - - -
Dec 1 at York W, 86-75 - - - -
Dec 2 at McMaster W, 72-59 - - - -
Dec 6 Carleton W, 79-78 - - - -
Dec 28 Winnipeg W, 78-67 - - - -
Dec 29 vs. StFX L, 104-81 - - - -
Dec 30 at Laval W, 90-60 - - - -
Jan 5 Queen's L, 96-95 - - - -
Jan 6 Ontario Tech W, 75-65 - - - -
Jan 12 Laurentian W, 69-56 - - - -
Jan 13 Nipissing W, 79-56 - - - -
Jan 19 at Algoma W, 87-50 - - - -
Jan 26 Waterloo W, 63-46 - - - -
Jan 27 Laurier W, 75-67 - - - -
Feb 2 vs. Carleton W, 71-61 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 9 Toronto Metropolitan W, 69-52 - 3 - 1.0
Feb 10 Toronto L, 76-70 - 3 - -
Feb 16 at Queen's L, 89-88 - 4 - 1.0
Feb 17 at Ontario Tech W, 69-66 - 0 - -
Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 16 20.3 2.9-7.4 1.4-4.8 0.9-1.1 8.2
2022-23 22 30.8 4.6-12.3 2.1-7.0 1.0-1.3 12.4
2023-24 11 22.6 1.3-5.9 0.5-3.0 0.2-0.5 3.3
Total 49 25.5 3.3-9.3 1.5-5.3 0.8-1.1 9.0
Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 16 3 325 47-118 39.8 23-76 30.3 14-18 77.8 131
2022-23 22 20 677 102-271 37.6 46-153 30.1 22-29 75.9 272
2023-24 11 4 249 14-65 21.5 6-33 18.2 2-6 33.3 36
Total 49 27 1251 163-454 35.9 75-262 28.6 38-53 71.7 439
Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 16 325 20.3 5.8-14.5 2.8-9.4 30.3 1.7-2.2 16.1
2022-23 22 677 30.8 6.0-16.0 2.7-9.0 30.1 1.3-1.7 16.1
2023-24 11 249 22.6 2.2-10.4 1.0-5.3 18.2 0.3-1.0 5.8
Total 49 1251 25.5 5.2-14.5 2.4-8.4 28.6 1.2-1.7 14.0
Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 16 1.0 2.5 3.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.2
2022-23 22 1.4 3.0 4.5 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.2
2023-24 11 0.4 2.3 2.6 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.3
Total 49 1.0 2.7 3.7 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.2
Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 16 3 16 40 56 19 16 11 3
2022-23 22 20 31 67 98 66 35 21 4
2023-24 11 4 4 25 29 13 11 9 3
Total 49 27 51 132 183 98 62 41 10
Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 16 2.0 4.9 6.9 2.3 2.0 1.4 0.4
2022-23 22 1.8 4.0 5.8 3.9 2.1 1.2 0.2
2023-24 11 0.6 4.0 4.7 2.1 1.8 1.4 0.5
Total 49 1.6 4.2 5.9 3.1 2.0 1.3 0.3
Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 11 22.6 1.3-5.9 0.5-3.0 0.2-0.5 3.3
Conference 11 22.6 1.3-5.9 0.5-3.0 0.2-0.5 3.3
Exhibition 5 23.8 3.8-8.2 1.6-3.6 0.2-1.0 9.4
Location
Home 4 23.8 1.0-5.8 0.8-3.8 0.0-0.5 2.8
Away 6 20.7 1.2-5.7 0.3-2.3 0.3-0.7 3.0
Neutral 1 30.0 3.0-8.0 1.0-4.0 0.0-0.0 7.0
Result
Wins 9 22.0 1.3-5.7 0.7-3.2 0.0-0.0 3.3
Losses 2 25.5 1.0-7.0 0.0-2.0 1.0-3.0 3.0
Month
November 6 22.0 1.5-5.3 0.8-2.8 0.0-0.0 3.8
February 5 23.4 1.0-6.6 0.2-3.2 0.4-1.2 2.6
Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 11 4 249 14-65 21.5 6-33 18.2 2-6 33.3 36
Conference 11 4 249 14-65 21.5 6-33 18.2 2-6 33.3 36
Exhibition 5 5 119 19-41 46.3 8-18 44.4 1-5 20.0 47
Location
Home 4 1 95 4-23 17.4 3-15 20.0 0-2 0.0 11
Away 6 3 124 7-34 20.6 2-14 14.3 2-4 50.0 18
Neutral 1 - 30 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Result
Wins 9 4 198 12-51 23.5 6-29 20.7 0-0 - 30
Losses 2 - 51 2-14 14.3 0-4 0.0 2-6 33.3 6
Month
November 6 4 132 9-32 28.1 5-17 29.4 0-0 - 23
February 5 - 117 5-33 15.2 1-16 6.3 2-6 33.3 13
Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 11 249 22.6 2.2-10.4 1.0-5.3 18.2 0.3-1.0 5.8
Conference 11 249 22.6 2.2-10.4 1.0-5.3 18.2 0.3-1.0 5.8
Exhibition 5 119 23.8 6.4-13.8 2.7-6.1 44.4 0.3-1.7 15.8
Location
Home 4 95 23.8 1.7-9.7 1.3-6.3 20.0 0.0-0.8 4.6
Away 6 124 20.7 2.3-11.0 0.6-4.5 14.3 0.6-1.3 5.8
Neutral 1 30 30.0 4.0-10.7 1.3-5.3 25.0 0.0-0.0 9.3
Result
Wins 9 198 22.0 2.4-10.3 1.2-5.9 20.7 0.0-0.0 6.1
Losses 2 51 25.5 1.6-11.0 0.0-3.1 0.0 1.6-4.7 4.7
Month
November 6 132 22.0 2.7-9.7 1.5-5.2 29.4 0.0-0.0 7.0
February 5 117 23.4 1.7-11.3 0.3-5.5 6.3 0.7-2.1 4.4
Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 11 0.4 2.3 2.6 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.3
Conference 11 0.4 2.3 2.6 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.3
Exhibition 5 0.6 2.0 2.6 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.0
Location
Home 4 0.3 1.8 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.5
Away 6 0.3 2.7 3.0 1.5 1.2 1.2 0.2
Neutral 1 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Result
Wins 9 0.3 1.9 2.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.2
Losses 2 0.5 4.0 4.5 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.5
Month
November 6 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.3
February 5 0.4 3.0 3.4 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.2
Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 11 4 4 25 29 13 11 9 3
Conference 11 4 4 25 29 13 11 9 3
Exhibition 5 5 3 10 13 12 9 5 0
Location
Home 4 1 1 7 8 4 3 1 2
Away 6 3 2 16 18 9 7 7 1
Neutral 1 - 1 2 3 0 1 1 0
Result
Wins 9 4 3 17 20 9 9 8 2
Losses 2 - 1 8 9 4 2 1 1
Month
November 6 4 2 10 12 6 6 7 2
February 5 - 2 15 17 7 5 2 1
Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 11 0.6 4.0 4.7 2.1 1.8 1.4 0.5
Conference 11 0.6 4.0 4.7 2.1 1.8 1.4 0.5
Exhibition 5 1.0 3.4 4.4 4.0 3.0 1.7 0.0
Location
Home 4 0.4 2.9 3.4 1.7 1.3 0.4 0.8
Away 6 0.6 5.2 5.8 2.9 2.3 2.3 0.3
Neutral 1 1.3 2.7 4.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.0
Result
Wins 9 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.4
Losses 2 0.8 6.3 7.1 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.8
Month
November 6 0.6 3.0 3.6 1.8 1.8 2.1 0.6
February 5 0.7 5.1 5.8 2.4 1.7 0.7 0.3
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